WiFi enabled laptops are gaining popularity but are not yet the standard. But where does one find Wifi hotspots to use them ? College libraries.Er.. Not exacly the most useful of places, considering that the libraries are already equipped with Net-connected computers.
As private players like Dishnet RED roll out hotspots all over the city ( i.e. all over all Barista, which incidentally, is a recently adopted sister-concern) usage really has not spread like wildfire.
One suggestion by a technology-illiterate.
Make Wifi internet accessible at two speeds-
- At broadband minimum 256 Kbps at existing rates of access
- Free ! at 56 Kbps
Anyone with a notebook should be able to access the internet. (56 kbps may sound cruel but wth it is Free) It is expected that while free Wifi access will bring more notebooks to the coffee table (and hence footfalls), over time this move will put more cash on the table. Moreover, the move if standardised universally will lead to perceivable improvement in sale of WiFi cards.
Free Wifi access is supposedly being provided at the Chennai Central and the Chennai Airport free. The proposed move will make free access at public places sustainable, rather than a burden on the service provider.
Will the evangelical telecom minister take the initiative ?
3 comments:
Most parts of Pune is wi-fi enabled. Truly so, coz the city is full of students and there is no necessity to provide wifi free!!!
A huge percentage of Blore is wifi enabled, with most of the coffee shops providing 256 kbps connection @ 50/- an hour.
It is just in chennai, that it takes ages for even fashion to catch up! No wonder Chennai is the Detroit and not San Fransisco of India!!!
Free Wi fi sounds too good to be true. But I don't think a very huge percentage of b'lore is wifi enabled. At least none of the coffee shops I frequent say anything. Maybe I need to change my hangouts :(
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